David Grassé
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My publisher, McFarland, has given me a date for the release of From The Footlights to The Tenderloin: The Tragic Life of Edna Loftus. It...
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David Grassé
- Feb 26
- 2 min
Gila County Histories
A while back, I was hosting tours of the Payson Pioneer Cemetery (not ghost tours, mind you), giving people histories about some of the...
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David Grassé
- Feb 6
- 2 min
Updates
'evening all, I have news. First, my book about the actress Edna Loftus will be published in June of this year. It is available for...
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David Grassé
- Oct 9, 2023
- 1 min
Response to a Review
In truth I rarely read reviews on Amazon, but I was informed there was any exceptionally bad one - one star - so I went into look at it....
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David Grassé
- Sep 8, 2023
- 3 min
More Tall Tales
A friend of mine sent me a YouTube video about an actress named Kitty Leroy, who was murdered by her husband in Deadwood in 1878....
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David Grassé
- Jun 15, 2022
- 2 min
Updates
It has been awhile. Here is the latest from the writing desk: Last week, I submitted my manuscript entitles (tentatively) "Let's Go Rob a...
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David Grassé
- Feb 9, 2022
- 2 min
Research Issues
Among the projects I am currently working on is a biography of the Edwardian-era English actress Edna Loftus. It is a bit of departure...
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David Grassé
- Dec 21, 2021
- 3 min
Something New
Of late, I have been busy with two projects. The first is my manuscript entitled (tentatively) "Let's Go Rob a Train" A History of Train...
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David Grassé
- Aug 15, 2021
- 3 min
Volunteerism in Arizona
I have just finished Doing What the Day Brought: An Oral History of Arizona Women, compiled by Mary Logan Rothchild and Pamela Claire...
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David Grassé
- Jul 21, 2021
- 2 min
Something Different
Though most my previous books and articles have been about lawmen and outlaws and the justice system (if one can call it that) in the...
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David Grassé
- May 31, 2021
- 1 min
Overlooked
I started researching the Arizona Territorial Prison in Yuma, while writing a story about the so-called Gates Riot (actually an attempted...
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David Grassé
- Apr 14, 2021
- 4 min
"Keeping History Alive..."
Earlier today, April 14th, 2021, the Hashknife Pony Express came riding into Payson to deliver the mail, just as they do every year...
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David Grassé
- Apr 9, 2021
- 4 min
Writing About Family
Last year, I began a manuscript of a rather personal nature. I began writing about the Reverend David Roberts, my great grandfather on my...
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David Grassé
- Feb 17, 2021
- 1 min
The Waiting is the Hardest Part
The manuscript for the Augustine Chacón book and the accompanying photos were delivered to the publisher in early December. I was told...
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David Grassé
- Oct 25, 2020
- 5 min
Giving Back to Holbrook
For years, the towns along the old Route 66 Highway in Arizona - Winslow, Kingman, Holbrook, Williams, Flagstaff, etc. - have survived,...
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David Grassé
- Sep 21, 2020
- 4 min
Reinvigorating the Mythology of the Old West
"What may transpire in this stagnant posture? Tradition multiplies where repetition reigns And the air smells of age..." - Faith and The...
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David Grassé
- Sep 7, 2020
- 2 min
What Not to Write About
Occasionally, while working on other projects, I will run across what seems an interesting person or topic. By way of example, there was...
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David Grassé
- Aug 20, 2020
- 1 min
Can Not Stop Writing,,,
The manuscripts are piling up here in the Grassé household waiting for the subsiding of Covid-19. First, there is the Augustine Chacón...
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David Grassé
- Jul 11, 2020
- 3 min
The Politicization of the Old West
Some might construe I dislike the old West due to my predilection, in my writing, for tearing down cherished legends. This would be a...
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